I`m there +1.
653 in total. Cautiously optimistic. I suspect we will bounce back after a weeks rest and the boss`s good words. Hopefully in 3 weeks time we will have a full squad to pick from. Then we should be good!

Having read all the posts about the game, it indicates to me how fair we are as a group of fans. Yeovil were very much better than us yesterday. They were huge men for the most esp the centre forward and centre halves and they used their size difference very well. The ref was an absolute cock. He had no idea what was going on. However, even if we had had a good ref I`m fairly certain that we wouldn`t have won. They were better than us yesterday full stop.
Totally agree about Earing. There is a footballer in there but he needs to learn the game before he plys his trade in the conference.
Sam J was magnificent apart from the mistake for the 2nd goal. Shame that cos he demonstrated yesterday that he is one of the best 2 in the league.
Clarke had an indifferent game for a guy with his high standards. It happens and we know that he will be back next week firing on all cylinders.
JBW was left isolated for much of the game. I`m not criticising Jeff King but it is tough to keep a marauding full back out when they come from so deep and so quickly. In fairness JBW did OK.
Jamie Allen could be the real deal however he does seem to want to beat the full back or whoever a couple of times before getting his cross in. However I personally think he is a find!
Yeovil are 16/1 to gain promotion. I am going to have a couple of quid each way. I thought that they were a good team. They were a horrible team cos of their antics but when they played they were good!

Fylde are going to struggle from here on in because Blackpool FC are back. They are currently unbeaten this season and there were over 10,000 there on Saturday against Portsmouth. There aren`t enough spectators around Fylde to support Blackpool, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Preston, Bamber Bridge etc for a sustainable club. Their bubble is close to bursting and they won`t be able to carry on paying mega money to the likes of Rowe, Kosylo etc.
Challinor is also close to the drop. The chairman will not countenance indifferent performances and the league position very soon.
DB is tight. Yes. But if a player comes to us he knows he is going to get paid every month and in todays climate that is a massive draw. Look at Michael Duckworth. Last season he was hawking himself all over the place to get a better deal, but this year, he has got a brand new baby and so he is accepting reality. It is better to have a bird in the hand than two in the bush. And that is fantastic news for us cos he`s a top quality fullback. I suspect that Matty Brown and Nathan Clarke are in the same mindset. They know they are going to get paid.
Footballers at our level have the same anxieties as the rest of the working world. Are they going to get paid? Do they enjoy coming to work? Do they enjoy their colleagues company and do they like them? Do they like the boss? The answer to most questions at the Shay this year is a categoric YES! As a result, the sum of the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts and as a result we will prevail this season.
That is down to two things. DB and the BOD who maintain a level headed approach to life and PW who has come in with a common mans approach. He treats players with respect, and he doesn`t talk ****.
This is a great season to be a Shayman

Chesterfield v Halifax
5/6
5/2
11/4
.This is SKYbet pricing for the game on Tuesday. Are they taking the ****. I would normally lump on but I don`t want to jeopardise our chances. I haven`t backed us to win individual games this year but I have backed us £7.50ew at 40/1 and I`m feeling rather smug

What a smashing interview. I have a friend who has worked with PW and he says that we have got a diamond. This interview seems to back that up.
I also agree with him about Browns in Vilamoura. Go into the bar there and look at photos of probably 150 national and top grade football teams, similar with rugby union teams. Nice bar, good rooms, very good playing surface. Well worth a visit as there is always some football team there worth watching.

Kevin Petersen was sacked and then pilloried for doing less than this. My first thought was "Billy Big Gob" and what are doing giving trade secrets away (especially about Jerome BW). My second thought was exactly the same as the first. He ought not be allowed to darken the Shay again whilst he`s giving away secrets of national importance. Spying is still a hanging offence. String him up!

Excerpt from Courier interview
“I was training at other clubs at the start of pre-season, did a few weeks with other previous clubs, and at the last minute, they didn’t want me,” he said.
“So I was panicking at first thinking ‘the season’s about to start, what’s going to happen’ but I made sure I did well with Halifax, and I feel like I’ve been doing alright, I just need to get a bit fitter.
“For somebody that’s been in and out of pre-season and I’m not up to match fitness yet, I think I’ve done well.

Her name was Rebecca Welch. She is obviously quite well known as her name was quoted in a mini football scene on Thursdays Eastenders. I have to agree. She wasn`t great but we have had many much worse!

During the pre season we had a guy called Ben Wyatt playing at left back as a trialist. He seemed OK but I reckon that Jerome is going to be much better. He`s massive to start with for a full back, he`s got good feet, he`s as quick as hell as displayed when he ended up on the right flank when we had a breakaway from a Daggers corner. He isn`t running on full cylinders yet but when he is I reckon he`ll be a very useful addition.
Don`t forget that quite a few of our team had a disjointed/disrupted pre season and so they aren`t fully wound up yet. When they are I do seriously think we will have a good season.
By sheer coincidence Ben Wyatt was running the line today.